EVALUATION OF NON-FEED VS FEED WITHDRAWAL METHODS FOR INDUCED MOLTING OF LAYING HENS A Report Submitted to the United Egg Producers and Ridley Feed Ingredients
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Concern for the welfare of the hen during an induced molt has been expressed by animal activists groups, poultry scientists, and commercial poultrymen in recent years. Most commercial laying hen molting programs utilize some length of feed removal to initiate a molt. These practices have raised some questions and concerns by the general public regarding the practice of removing feed from laying hens to induce molting. In fact, the concern about this practice to initiate a molt in commercial layer flocks has been a topic of great discussion with industry groups.
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